<aside> <img src="/icons/arrow-right_gray.svg" alt="/icons/arrow-right_gray.svg" width="40px" /> A technology, product, service and/or practice that enables others to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and/or recover from climate shocks and stresses.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/checkmark_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/checkmark_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> Our Adaptation & Resilience mapping is out!
This is a non-exhaustive list of startups, both specialized in climate risks and more generalist, on a global scale. We have organized this mapping according to the adaptation continuum, which is essential for understanding this sector.
Some risks, such as extreme heat or rising sea levels, cannot be mitigated upstream as the trends are already set. Similarly, startups addressing flood risks focus not on responding to events after they occur but on preparing for future ones by enhancing the resilience of the affected areas.
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Source: Crunchbase
Investors are becoming more aware of the opportunities in funding initiatives that address the risks and impacts of climate change. While there is a general consensus on what qualifies as climate mitigation finance, the criteria for climate adaptation finance and how to evaluate its impact are less clearly defined.
An investment qualifies as climate A&R finance if it significantly contributes to prevent or reduce the risks and negative effects of current and future climate hazards on people, ecosystems, assets, or economic activities.
<aside> <img src="/icons/arrow-right_gray.svg" alt="/icons/arrow-right_gray.svg" width="40px" /> “Climate hazards” It is a potential occurrence of a natural or human-induced physical climate event, trend or impact that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems and environmental resources.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/flood_gray.svg" alt="/icons/flood_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Flooding
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<aside> <img src="/icons/cactus_gray.svg" alt="/icons/cactus_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Drought
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<aside> <img src="/icons/temperature-warm_gray.svg" alt="/icons/temperature-warm_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Extreme heat
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<aside> <img src="/icons/fire_gray.svg" alt="/icons/fire_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Wildfire
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<aside> <img src="/icons/wind_gray.svg" alt="/icons/wind_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Hurricanes & storms
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<aside> <img src="/icons/sailboat_gray.svg" alt="/icons/sailboat_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Sea level rise
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$2 trillion Market sizing by 2026
Source: World Economic Forum
$200 billion Investment targets on A&R projects per year
Source: World Economic Forum
$56,5 billion Invested in Climate by VC & PE (2023)
Source: British International Investment
